2011
DOI: 10.17742/image.crypt.2-1.8
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On Hamlet’s Crypt: Effi Briest, Asta Nielsen, and Britney Spears

Abstract: This contribution looks at the way instinct is transmittedand represented as ghost appearance. The essay elaboratestwo basic theses: first, that instinct is not definedby creaturely heritage, since it is not a testable structurein itself, nor subject to mourning and developmentalprocesses; and second, that works of fine literature andpop oeuvres alike may serve as carriers of a ghost transmissioncharged with instinctive heritage. The studyrepresents a model for reading ghostly genealogies thatcomplement the fa… Show more

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